She was not seeded for the French Open and had to face 17th seed Ashleigh Barty in the second round and 11th seed Julia Goerges in the third before pulling out in the lead-up to a fourth-round meeting with Maria Sharapova at Roland-Garros.

The announcement for seedings for Wimbledon comes a week after organisers of the US Open announced they would revamp its seeding process to protect women who return from maternity leave.